Antoinette and Lara came up to lean how to spin yarn from wool fleece top. Laura raises angora goats so she wants to learn to card her own mohair fiber too so she brought some of it with her. CLASSES HERE

Laura came back today to buy two more drop spindles because her girls were learning to spin too and they were arguing over who's turn it was next! In the mean time she carded and washed her fiber and spun a ball then some green BFL top and plied it with her own mohair . check out more fiber here I love her chunky large skein!! it is so soft!
Next class is learning to spin on the wheel …… until then….

Meet Penelope , a long time weaver who came for a TRY IT CLASS at the studio .

She brought along a sample of the most recent style of weaving she has been doing. she had heard about Saori weaving and longs to be more expressive and free in her designs. She does wonderful weaving!!!!

very beautiful textured work.

She tried out 3 looms . First the the Saori WX60 FOLDING LOOM which weaves just shy 24" wide.

Then she moved on to Saori non folding classic loom SAORI S60 LOOM this is a 4 harness, and she love it!!

and lastly we went outside for her to try the very portable light weight 15 lb Saori PICCOLO LOOM HERE

Back in the studio she tried on and loved The Art of the vintners Jacket , It had just sold ( this is the last time for it to be seen it before it is boxed for the happy new buyer ) …..sorry but this piece is SOLD.

Penelope enjoying my gallery and spinning level. It was really great to hange out with a long time waever and sewer( she use to have her own handwoven designs in the 90")

Lets see what Antoinette has done since she came for a 2 day class last month to weave some Saori yardage. I schedule CUSTOM classes frequently contact me for info .
She fell in love with Saori weaving and Bought a Saori Wx60 folding loom with height extenders 4" (or 2") height extenders. Saori wx60 has the versatility to fit different height weavers which is very important in a loom (the non folding loom s60 has height extenders too.

She showed me what she had sewn and designed at home ….her very first jacket from her first Saori weaving!

Bravo!!!!!

The colors are vibrant and her design is unique and all her own! I love this !

I am so excited for her, she is off to an amazing start with her new found joy of no mistake Saori weaving..

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Today I had a few hours open and I wanted to wind a fun warp for some scarves on my Saori warping frame. It is unique because you can warp up to 5 thrreads at a time with just using your thumb to form the cross.

Here I am starting to wind by threading the 5 yarns through the eyes on the special Saori warping frame.

After preforming a thumb" dip and flip" I am loading the the top left peg with the 5 threads in order

Now as a group the 5 threads are traveling down and over other pegs

HERE you see 4 passes of 5 threads. So in just 4 passes I have 20 warp threads wound . you can see the tremendous advantage and time saving to this! But very boring to always repeat theses same 5 threads sooo….

….I stop and design my warps in between my 5 at a time groupings by putting in many different colors and weights of single yarns randomly yarns in between the swaths . This way it is like painting at the warping frame and very exciting textures and colors emerge… not repetitiously the same 5 or more over and over . Adding some warps with fun interest like textured yarns.

Some weavers will alter the Saori warping frame with more hooks mounted in a line . I do not want or desire to do this .Why? I do not want my weaving to look uniformly repetitious 5 is plenty and in fact I am not a machine and desire to have less repetitions.

HERE is the tied cross how I do it.

The true cross I tie a bit differently than most. I use white shoe strings for the top of the crosses and black for the bottoms . It may be over the top concern but I never get twisted warps and the cross aways stays very secure.

now my warp is chained and ready to thread….

This is a comparison of the SAORI warping frames . In the foreground the board has the two legs option to lean against the wall warping frame with 2 legs
The frame in the rear is taller because it has the warping board accessory folding base stand. the separate saori warping frame stand
It is height adjustable and one can sit to wind a warp or wind free standing like a easel . Also a wheel chair can roll right over thr bottom metal rail as well so it can be suitable for the disabled..
I am very impressed with the Saori warping frames .
I have owned about 9 different warping mills and frames over my life at least. So far this is my absolutly very favorite one ever!

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Not one to be mediocre or to conform in my fiber art.
my passions are SAORI weaving, spinning, knitting, dyes especially natural, felting and sewing and designing clothing out of hand wovens especially, and teaching all of them. I am a certified Saori studio instructor.
please be patient with my dyslexic spelling , spell check does not catch most of transposed letters, ah well i am launch and learn artist!
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